Notes on Handling Evil with References from the Works of Mary Baker Eddy

EXCERPT:
From Max Kappeler, References in the booklet Notes on Handling Evil, pp. 7–8.

Chapter 8: Evil and Good are not Two
Here the central problem is touched: the belief that good and evil are two; scientifically recognized there is only oneness—allness always discerning the nothingness of its unlikeness.

Un. 21:3–9: "If we observe our mental processes, we shall find that we are perpetually arguing with ourselves; yet each mortal is not two personalities, but one. In like manner good and evil talk to one another; yet they are not two but one, for evil is naught, and good only is reality."

Un. 49:16–21: "There are not two realities of being, two opposite states of existence. One should appear real to us, and the other unreal, or we lose the Science of being. Standing in no basic Truth, we make 'the worse appear the better reason,' and the unreal masquerades as the real, in our thought."

No. 17:21–24: "If mortals could grasp these two words all and nothing, this mystery of a God who has no knowledge of sin would disappear, and the eternal, infinite harmony would be fathomed."

l. Evil is only a negative definition of good.
In mathematics the following two statements are contained in one truth:
(a) 2 + 2 = 4 is correct.
(b) 2 + 2 = not 4 is incorrect.
The statement (b) says by implication exactly the same as (a). From (b) follows (a). Therefore (a) and (b) are equal in exactness and truthfulness. On this logic rest the explanations of Christian Science.

My. 235:1–13: "INCONSISTENCY. To teach the truth of life without using the word death, the suppositional opposite of life, were as impossible as to define truth and not name its opposite, error. Straining at gnats, one may swallow camels. The tender mother, guided by love, faithful to her instincts, and adhering to the imperative rules of Science, asks herself: Can I teach my child the correct numeration of numbers and never name a cipher? Knowing that she cannot do this in mathematics, she should know that it cannot be done in metaphysics, and so she should definitely name the error, uncover it, and teach truth scientifically."

Mis. 346:24–25: "It is a rule in Christian Science never to repeat error unless it becomes requisite to bring out Truth."

Un. 36:6–9 "The use of a lie is that it unwittingly confirms Truth, when handled by Christian Science, which reverses false testimony and gains a knowledge of God from opposite facts, or phenomena."

484:28–485:2: "Question.—Is materiality the concomitant of spirituality, and is material sense a necessary preliminary to the understanding and expression of Spirit?
"Answer.—If error is necessary to define or to reveal Truth, the answer is yes; but not otherwise."

91:13–15 "The destruction of error is by no means the destruction of Truth or Life, but is the acknowledgment of them."

91:17–21 "The denial of material selfhood aids the discernment of man's spiritual and eternal individuality, and destroys the erroneous knowledge gained from matter or through what are termed the material senses."

543:5–7 "The image of Spirit cannot be effaced, since it is the idea of Truth and changes not, but becomes more beautifully apparent at error's demise."